Lot 81
Johnstown
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£625
Description
Fusion crusted fragment
Dimensions
13.2g, 3.5 x 3cm
Footnote
Johnstown (Weld County, Colorado, USA) ADIO (stone) - fell 6th July 1924
The Johnstown meteorite fell during daylight hours. The loud detonations and sonic booms halted a baseball game and it disrupted a funeral attended by 200 mourners when part of it impacted onto the church steps.
Johnstown is a rare diogenite and widely accepted to have originated from Vesta, our brightest naked eye asteroid.